All podcast episodes from “The Flip Side Podcast with Noah Filipiak” on LGBTQ+ sexuality.
Ep. 104: Pieter Valk on Singleness, Isolation, & Being in Community
Noah has a conversation with Pieter Valk on how the opposite of addiction is connection, how our culture grooms us into isolation, and how we need to be very intentional to get out of that rut and find true community.
Eye Opening Conversations About the Israel-Palestine Conflict
I had been intentionally ignoring the headlines about the Israel-Palestine war. It felt like my brain couldn’t soak in another catastrophe that I could do so little about.
But I couldn’t avoid noticing the polarizing sentiments of support around the conflict, seeing Israel flags and Palestine flags pop up on my Facebook friends’ profile pictures. As a pastor, hearing side conversations here and there of Christians discussing the war. I’d get targeted ads online telling me Christians need to support Israel. And I’d see more and more justice rallies popping up, most from my left-leaning and/or non-Christian friends, about supporting Palestine.
Ep. 84: Drs. Glenn Bracey & Michael Emerson on the Religion of Whiteness
Noah interviews Drs. Glenn Bracey and Michael Emerson on their national research project where they interviewed practicing white Christians on matters of race. What they found was that practicing white Christians hold some unique views on race that are not shared by any other demographic in the United States. Their views differ from practicing black or Latino Christians, as well as from white non-Christians.
Ep. 83: Interview with Alan Noble on Suffering, Depression, and Getting Out of Bed
Noah interviews Dr. Alan Noble about his new book On Getting Out of Bed: The Burden & Gift of Living (InterVarsity Press). They discuss the daily realities of suffering and depression contrasted with the church’s tendency to fake it like everything is okay and that if you do things God’s way, he will fix everything.
Ep. 81: Unpacking Purity Culture
Noah does his best to unpack what Purity Culture is, the harm it has caused, and how it’s easy to throw out the baby with the bathwater.